The Pefect Woman 
Nasrudin was talking to a friend.
- So, you never got married?
- I thought about it - answered Nasrudin - when i was young, i decided to find the perfect woman. I crossed the desert, arrived to Damasco and I met a very spiritual and beautiful woman; but she knew nothing about this world affairs.
I kept traveling, i went to Isfahan, there i found a woman that knew the kingdom of matter and that of the spirit, but she wasnt beautiful.
Then I decided to go to El Cairo, where i had dinner at the house of a beautiful, religious woman who knew the material reality.
- And why didnt you marry her??
- Ah, my friend! unfortunately, she also wanted a perfect man!
From the book "The Exploits of the Incomparable Mulla Nasrudin" by Idries Shah.
